Man repeatedly stabbed in bar fight

Updated 10:25 pm, Monday, July 1, 2013

STAMFORD -- A city man was stabbed in the back several times while another was stabbed in the back of his head during a fight in a Bedford Street bar early Saturday morning, police said.

Capt. Richard Conklin said that just before 1 a.m. Saturday, a bouncer at Bradford's Grill and Tavern at 83 Bedford St. saw three men attacking another man. While two of the attackers were punching and beating the man, a third was stabbing him in the back with a small knife, Conklin said.

By the time the bouncer got to the victim, the three had left. Medics were called and the 22-year-old man was taken to Stamford Hospital, where police said doctors found more than six puncture wounds in his back. He was treated and has been released from the hospital.

The man, also was the victim in a shooting in Stamford about 18 months ago, told police he vaguely knew the men who assaulted him, Conklin said.

Told about a second stabbing victim, police were able find this man until Monday, Conklin said.

The man received a severe stab wound to the back of his head and is still in the hospital, he said; the man did not immediately go to the hospital after the stabbing.